Dance

The Mother

Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, choreography / director Arthur Pita

The Suit + Ingoma

Choreography Cathy Marston, Mthuthulezi November

Margot Fonteyn: A Celebration

Choreography Mikhail Fokine, Marius Petipa, Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick A...

Cinderella-in-the-round

Choreography Christopher Wheeldon, music Sergei Prokofiev

San Francisco Ballet Programme D: Bound To / Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem / Anima Animus

Choreography Christopher Wheeldon, Trey McIntyre, David Dawson

San Francisco Ballet Programme C: Bespoke / Hummingbird / Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

Choreography Stanton Welch, Liam Scarlett, Justin Peck

The Firebird / A Month in the Country / Symphony in C

Choreography Mikhail Fokine, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, music Strav...

Them / Us

Them: choreographed by BalletBoyz Dancers in collaboration with Charlotte Poo...

San Francisco Ballet Programme B: The Infinite Ocean / Snowblind / Björk Ballet

Choreography Edwaard Liang, Cathy Marston, Arthur Pita

Sergei Polunin: Rasputin

Choreography Yuka Oishi, music Kirill Richter

San Francisco Ballet Programme A: Shostakovich Trilogy

Choreography Alexei Ratmansky, music Dmitri Shostakovich

Silent Lines

Russell Maliphant

Sergei Polunin: Fraudulent Smile, Paradox and Sacré

Choreography Ross Freddie Ray, Yuka Oishi, music Kroke, Stravinsky, Chopin

Four Quartets

Text T S Eliot, choreography Pam Tanowitz, music Kaija Saariaho, images Brice...

Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne

Beats on Pointe

Milo & Jennifer Masters

Twilight Dances

Choreography by Renaud Wiser and Malgorzata Dzierzon with the company. Music ...

Playground / Communion / Between and Within / Imprint

Choreography Kenneth MacMillan, Robert Cohan, Sophia Stoller Yolande Yorke-Ed...

PreSentient / Rouge / In your rooms

Choreography Wayne McGregor, Marion Motin, Hofesh Shechter

Rite of Spring

Choreography: Seeta Patel; music: Igor Stravinsky

Rite of Spring

Director and choreographer Yang Liping, music Igor Stravinsky and Xuntian He

THREE/8:38/SEVEN

The Great Gatsby

David Nixon

Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

Choreography Christopher Wheeldon, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Crystal Pite, music ...

Dog Without Feathers

Deborah Colker

ENB Emerging Dancer 2019

INALA - A Zulu Ballet

Mark Baldwin

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne, music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Reflections

Jeanguy Saintus

La Fiesta

Conception, artistic direction and choreography Israel Galván

JV2 2019

Jasmin Vardimon, David Lloyd and Doulgeri

Mitten wir im Leben sind / Bach6Cellosuiten

Choreography Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Rosas, cello Jean-Guihen Queyras

Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event

Merce Cunningham Trust

Pepperland

Choreography: Mark Morris; Arr and composition: Ethan Iverson

The Kingdom of Back / Mamela… / The Shape of Sound

Morgann Runacre-Temple / Mlindi Kulashe / Kenneth Tindall

Pepperland

Mark Morris / The Beatles / Ethan Iverson

International Draft Works 2019

Creative Producer Emma Southworth

Against the Stream Gala

Producer Ivan Putrov

Not a Moment too Soon

Trevor Carlson

She Persisted: Broken Wings / Nora / Le Sacre du printemps

Choreography Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Stina Quagebeur, Pina Bausch

Victoria

Choreography, direction and scenario Cathy Marston, music Philip Feeney

Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2019

ENB's Swan Lake in-the-round returns to Royal Albert Hall

English National Ballet will return to the Royal Albert Hall next summer (17-28 June 2020) with Derek Deane’s production of Swan Lake in-the-round.

Billy Zane narrates film of WWI avante-garde theatre piece

Hollywood superstar Billy Zane will narrate a 50-minute arthouse production of Vernon Lee and Maxwell Armfield's The Ballet of Nations: A Present-Day Morality from 1915.

Aakash Odedra's Leicester-based adult summer school

Aakash Odedra Company has announced its 2019 adult summer school line-up at venues across Leicester from Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August.

Akademi presents South Asian dance competition

As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, Akademi will present the South Asian dance competition NAVADAL at the Southbank Centre plus Rising Stars, an evening of performance curated by Vidya Patel.

Maliphant and Seutin are next NYDC Guest Artistic Directors

National Youth Dance Company has announced its next two Guest Artistic Directors to be Russell Maliphant (2019/20) and Alesandra Seutin (2020/21).

Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake reimagined in book form

Oberon Books is to publish a behind-the-scenes look at Liam Scarlett’s 2018 production of a classic ballet for The Royal Ballet in Swan Lake: Reimagining a Classic.

Northern Ballet celebrates 50th anniversary

Northern Ballet will mark its 50th anniversary with three world premières, a one-off Anniversary Gala featuring guest stars and tours of the company’s best-loved productions.

Sambé promoted to Principal with Royal Ballet

Lisbon-born Marcelino Sambé has been promoted to Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet.

Increase in students taking GCSE Dance

One Dance UK has reported an increase in the number of students taking GCSE Dance.

Every Body Can Dance: #WorldBalletDay 2019

World Ballet Day will be on Wednesday 23 October on Facebook, YouTube and live at the Royal Opera House.

NYB 2019 season: Wonderlands

National Youth Ballet's 2019 season, led by interim artistic directors Ruth Brill and Drew McOnie, will showcase seven new works by emerging choreographers with performances at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham and Sadler’s Wells.

Kish to retire from Royal Ballet

Principal dancer Nehemiah Kish will retire from The Royal Ballet at the end of the 2018/19 season after nine years with the company.

Next Brill step for Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer

Birmingham Royal Ballet first artist Ruth Brill is to leave the company at the end of the 2019 season to concentrate on her choreography career.

London Children's Ballet's anniversary revival

To celebrate its 25th anniversary season, London Children's Ballet will revive Ballet Shoes at the Peacock Theatre in London.

Silvestrini’s Protein takes to streets of London

Luca Silvestrini’s Protein will take to the streets of London for the first time with (In)visible Dancing in July and August 2019.

Jeyasingh Dance at architecture festival

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance is to collaborate with architecture practice ft’work to create Fluid Boundaries for the London Festival of Architecture.

Rambert unveils 2019–20 season highlights

Rambert Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer has announced a season including new works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Marion Motin, Andrea Miller and Jermaine Spivey and Lloyd Newson's recreation of DV8's Enter Achilles, the first time he has recreated his work with another company.

Hofesh Shechter back in Manchester

HOME in Manchester welcomes back the Hofesh Shechter Company.

Dancing along Silent Lines at Lowry

Russell Maliphant Company stages new work Silent Lines at The Lowry, Salford on May 29.

Acosta is Critics' Circle winner

Carlos Acosta CBE has been awarded The Critics’ Circle Award 2018 for Services to the Arts.

Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer “inspires” students and teachers

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s first soloist Brandon Lawrence is said to have inspired both students and teachers at Dance Days ’19, the biggest event of the year held by bbodance (British Ballet Organisation).

Lowry Centre seeks young dancers

The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance is holding free open days and audition preparation classes for aspiring young dancers before auditions in June for this year's training programme.

Seeta Patel's The Rite of Spring May UK tour

Choreographer and performer Seeta Patel has re-imaginedThe Rite of Spring in the classical Indian dance style of Bharatanatyam.

Fertile Ground announces new tour

North East dance company Fertile Ground has announced its new company and new tour.

ENB Emerging Dancer celebrates ten years

Celebrating 10 years, English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will return to Sadler’s Wells and will be live-streamed worldwide.

Nominations open for One Dance UK Awards

One Dance UK, the support organisation for the dance sector, has announced that nominations for the One Dance UK Awards 2019 are now open.

Phoenix flies back to Keswick

Leeds-based Phoenix Dance Theatre returns to Keswick.

Gillian Lynne Drury Lane tribute to launch charitable trust

An evening of performances in celebration of director and choreographer Gillian Lynne DBE, who died last year, will launch a foundation to providing scholarships and grants for young performers in the choreographic arts, drama and musical theatre.

Northern Ballet's Victoria in UK cinemas

Northern Ballet's new production Victoria, choreographed and directed by Cathy Marston and scored by Philip Feeney, will be screened in more than 300 UK cinemas.

Ballet Central comes to Sale

Ballet Central’s 2019 International Tour comes to Waterside, Sale.

The Rites of an Indian Spring

Choreographer and performer Seeta Patel has re-imagined the iconic ballet The Rite of Spring in the classical Indian dance style.

Dancing through May

A varied programme for May at Dance City.

Let’s Dance goes International in Leicester

Let’s Dance International Frontiers will launch in Leicester on International Dance Day in venues across the city.

Choreodrome Artists 2019 at The Place

The Place is to support 18 dance artists and collectives to explore and develop new performance ideas through its Choreodrome programme.

Ballet company’s Northern Stage debut

Northern Ballet to perform at Northern Stage for the first time

Great Gatsby ballet for Lowry

Northern Ballet is returning to Salford with its production of The Great Gatsby.

Northern women’s stories told through dance

Crackle. Dust. from Newcastle-based Company of Others tells the stories of women from across the North

Candoco Dance Company teams up with ASOS

Candoco Dance Company, a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, has announced that online fashion and cosmetics retailer ASOS will support a residential dance training intensive for young dancers in summer 2019.

Yuli—The Carlos Acosta Story special screening

Sadler’s Wells is to present a screening of new film release Yuli—The Carlos Acosta Story followed by a live Q&A with Acosta himself with film director Icíar Bollaín and scriptwriter Paul Laverty.

Puss in Boots In Dukes

Puss in Boots, Northern Ballet’s latest children’s production, takes to The Dukes stage.

Two days of dance delights in Lancaster

On April 26 and 27, Ludus Dance and The Dukes in Lancaster present two nights of performance.

Maliphant coming to Newcastle

The Russell Maliphant Company is coming to Newcastle for the first time.

I only make shows if something makes me angry

Smack That (a conversation) comes from the Barbican to Tyneside.